Anne Elizabeth Thorkelson

I have been working with Anne for about a year on a difficult divorce. She is kind, knowledgeable, understanding and tough as nails. She offers excellent advice yet has no problems listening to my concerns and ideas. I feel so fortunate to have her representing me. In the most trying time of my ...life she gives me hope and direction. I could not recommend her more!

Anne has been around the block. She knows her way around a courtroom, she knows how to maintain a professional relationship with her clients, and simply put, she knows law. But what sets Anne apart is her energy, passion and accessibility. All three qualities are usually found in a "new" lawyer, b...ut Anne's still got 'em. She met all the deadlines of my case with ease, kept me abreast whenever something had changed or progressed. She was always on the other end of the phone when I called. Her ability to speak on my behalf in court, which can be difficult to impossible, left me feeling completely confident that Anne was not looking at me as a number or a bunch of dollar signs - she had a vested interest in who I was and my situation. She wanted to see an outcome arise that was just. Since leaving the state, I've had to hire another lawyer, and it's become abundantly clear - Anne is really one-of-a-kind.

I was desperately looking for a lawyer who could help me with a failed client representation I was engaged in with a well know personal injury attorney in San Francisco. I had called many San Francisco lawyers, but no one would help me because they did not want to speak against the attorney I was st...ill signed with. After months of calling and searching I finally found Anne Thorkelson on a lawyer referral flyer at the Public Library. I was so relieved to discover that Ms. Thorkelson ran a clinic at the Women's Building in San Francisco for 1 dollar a minute. I had been seriously injured in a car accident, on disability and short on dollars. Ms. Thorkelson, immediately showed me care and outrage, and helped me to understand the legal documents I was trying to decipher and how to respond to them with proper legal etiquette. She also helped me to see that the attorney who was still representing me had turned against me in order to conceal his errors. I continued seeing Ms. Thorkelson for a very long time. I brought letters I had to write for her to review with her legal expertise. She helped me to figure out a plan where I could try to recover my lost damages, which were in the 100's of thousands of dollars. She showed me the correct forms to fill out and how to file them with the court. We eventually decided to take my attorney to the San Francisco Bar Association for a Fee Dispute. At this point I felt I could not do this process on my own. Ms. Thorkelson offered to represent me at the Fee Dispute. She spent many hours of her precious time in constructing a stellar brief in my defense and ultimately did not charge me. My case has now evolved in this long and winding legal road where again with Ms. Thorkelson's help I was able to write and file my own legal malpractice suit. Without Ms. Thorkelson's deep commitment to helping those who really don't know how to help themselves in the maze of the legal system, I could never have made it as far as I have. Ms. Thorkelson's Legal Clinic is educational, supportive and designed to be affordable. She deeply believes in the law and also knows how difficult it is to get help, guidance and protection if you don't have much money. I have also seen Anne Thorkelson help someone when they could not pay at all. I am currently in the process of finding a lawyer to represent me for the legal malpractice suit I have filed. Anne Thorkelson's expertise is Family Law, yet she has experience in many areas of the law. If there is a resource she can turn you on to, she will. In conclusion Thorkelson is pronounced Torkelson! For those of you who know "The Little Man" in the movie section of the San Francisco Chronicle, he would be jumping out of his seat for Anne Thorkelson. Andrea N. 10/13/2012 San Francisco, California.